. The North and West illustrated for tourist, business and pleasure travel : The popular resorts of California, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, northern Michigan and Minnesota. A guide to the lakes and rivers, to the plains and mountains, to the resorts of birds, game animals and fishes; and hints for the commercial traveler, the theatre manager, the land hunter and the emigrant . often make ex-cursions around the lake, which is 35 miles longby 12 broad—the largest lake within any State of theUnion—whose borders furnish beautiful la
. The North and West illustrated for tourist, business and pleasure travel : The popular resorts of California, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, northern Michigan and Minnesota. A guide to the lakes and rivers, to the plains and mountains, to the resorts of birds, game animals and fishes; and hints for the commercial traveler, the theatre manager, the land hunter and the emigrant . often make ex-cursions around the lake, which is 35 miles longby 12 broad—the largest lake within any State of theUnion—whose borders furnish beautiful landscape views, and the most gorgeous scenery. Besides,Fond du Lac is surrounded with pleasant places ofresort. Lake de Neveu, a beautiful sheet of water,is romantically situated about three miles south-east of the city. Eastward is Elkhart Lake, alreadyfamous for its natural beauties, and westward liesGreen Lake, a noted summer resort. On all theselakes are pleasure boats propelled by steam, windand man power. The waters of all these lakes fur-nish a plentiful and various supply of fresh-waterfish, where piscatorially-inclined ladies and gentle-men can enjoy ample amusement in that line. Fond du Lac county is situated in the easternpart of the State, 23 miles west of Lake central line of latitude is 43° 45 north. It con-tains twenty-one organized towns, the two cities ofFond du Lac and Ripon, and sixteen flourishing. The Point, at Duluth, 76, 91. villages, and embraces a territorial area of about720 square miles. Its population in 1875 was 50, county is one of the most beautiful and fertiletracts of land to be found in the West. Its easternpart is rolling land, originally heavily timbered: thecentral and western portions undulating and rollingprairie and openings, the face of which is mostbeautifully picturesque. It is well watered, abound •ing in numerous streams and springs, and, in manylocalities, flowing fountains. Lake Horicon indentsi
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